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[Things have settled down. Between experiments, amusement parks, abductions and drafts, this is the first nice calm stretch of time he's had in a while. So Mulder's hanging out in the Battle Dome. He's been coming there a lot more lately. The new features interest him, and there are places from home he can't help revisiting. Not always to fight, since it's no longer required, though he throws those scenarios in sometimes too. But mostly he's in there obsessively going back through particular scenes.]

[At the moment, Mulder can be seen sitting in the living room where Samantha disappeared from. The board game Stratego is still set up in place near him, the game left unfinished. It's exactly as the room looked all those years ago. A blinding bright light flashes somewhere in the background.]

I wonder what determines the point in time we're taken from? It appears entirely random from all that I've encountered so far. Almost like someone's throwing darts at a timeline or choosing those times out of a hat. A really ugly hat. I also wonder... why some people are brought here after death. [Jonathan. Gem. ...Sigh.] It doesn't seem fair, to grant someone a new life only to throw them back eventually anyway.

...speaking of that, I've been curious about something for a while. [And needing to expand his files, he's already delved into kidnappings, revival has always been somewhere on his list too.] If anyone who's died before, either here or at home, wouldn't mind indulging me for a couple of questions? I won't ask how it happened or anything, just... some related details on the topic. Thanks in advance.

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Ah, the thing with the timelines really is weird, isn't it? My best friend here - her name is Ami-chan, by the way - got taken from years into the future for me. I don't really get why they did that, so it just seems really strange!

It is strange... I wonder what makes them choose their timing, or whether there's even any choice in the matter at all.

So you're a friend of Ami's from home?

Yes, I am! Ah-- does that mean you know Ami-chan? Are you a friend of hers too?

I am, yes. She's always an interesting person to talk to.

[And she's been helpful when it comes to fighting, though Mulder knows better than to bring certain things up in public.]

But you and I haven't spoken yet. I'm Fox Mulder.

My name is Usagi! Usagi Tsukino, that is.. ah, feel free to just call me 'Usagi', then! It's nice to meet you!

And Ami-chan sure is interesting, huh.. She's really smart too, since she always reads a lot of books and keeps up with her studies in school! [ unlike Usagi.. ]

Usagi, it's good to meet you, too. [He figures any friend of Ami's has to be worth getting to know.] Yeah, you're right there, Ami's been a lot of help with trying to figure out things about this place.

[He has to wonder how Usagi fits in with what Ami's told him about herself...]

You're classmates? Have you known each other for a while?

Ah, yeah.. She must know a lot of this place too, if she's been here for a while.. [ Not that Usagi had asked for most of the details, but it's an interesting thought all the same. ]

Hmm, we're classmates back home! And a little while before I came here.. um.. I guess it was a few months or so.. we became really good friends!

It seems that she has been here for a while, she's very used to how things work around here. [And he knows she had come and gone at least once, too.]

You're lucky to have a friend from home along here with you.

I know! I'm super, super lucky to have Ami-chan here with me! I'm really glad, since it's much more fun this way! ... Well, it's not like I don't have any friends I made in Luceti, but it's always nice to know people from back home too, you know?

I could understand that. You've known the people from home a lot longer, so naturally you'd want them here. It also helps, having allies in such a strange and unknown setting...

Do you maybe have anyone here from home? Otherwise it must be a little lonely on your own..

I'm the only representative here so far. It's... not so bad. [Yeah, so he's just saying that, but what can he do?] On the bright side, I know that everyone back home is safe from what goes on in here.

[ For a moment she pouts a little, probably feeling bad for him, but.. then she beams a smile again. Of course, it's Usagi. ]

Don't worry! Even if you don't have people from back home here, you can still make lots of new friends, right? Like Ami-chan and me!

[And a couple people who've been here and gone, who he'd made friends with before they disappeared. He tries not to dwell on that part.]

Yeah, that's right. There are a lot of interesting people here to meet, from all kinds of different worlds. Including you and Ami.

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